Director of Nursing

Description

Director of Nursing

Administrator

Manages the planning, organizing, operationalizing, and evaluating of all nursing services.

• Establishes the objectives, goals, policies, and procedures of the Nursing Department.
• Implements new plans and/or policies for the Nursing Department and monitors the progress of the implementation.
• Evaluates all nurses.
• Investigates unusual incidents and reports before forwarding to the Administrator.
• Investigates all medication errors with nursing action taken.
• Investigates resident complaints, recommends actions to the Administrator if indicated.
• Conducts Nurse and Nurse Assistant meetings monthly as necessary.
• Promotes and maintains good rapport among nursing personnel, medical staff, therapy staff, residents, public, and visitors.
• Evaluates nursing service needs and determines staff requirements in conjunction with the Administrator.
• Serves as consultant on admitting and discharge policies.
• Establishes administration procedures and control of medications under the direction of the Pharmacist and Pharmacy Committee.
• Assists in the development of criteria and standards for measuring the quality of healthcare provided within the agency.
• Carries a twenty-four (24) hour per day, seven (7) day a week responsibility.
• Maintains a reference library of nursing material.
• Prepares and submits required reports and maintains statistics as directed.
• Prepares forms for the various State and Federal agencies.
• Attends all department meetings.
• Attends workshops, conventions, meetings, seminars on current nursing practice in long term care facilities.
• Assists physician when requested.
• Assists in discipline, counseling, problem solving, controlling, reviewing schedules, planning and implementing.

• Must be able to move frequently throughout the workday
• Must be able to speak and write the English language in an understandable manner
• Must be able to cope with the physical and emotional stress of the position
• Must possess sight/hearing senses or use prosthetics that will enable these senses to function adequately so that the requirements of this position can be fully met
• Must meet the general health requirements set forth by the policies of this facility, which include a medical and physical examination
• Must have the ability to work effectively with residents and personnel.
• Must be able to push, pull, move, and/or lift a minimum of 25 lbs. to a minimum height of 3ft and be able to push, pull, move, and/or carry such weight a minimum distance of 10 feet.